User's Manual

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SAME Standby Mode
In SAME Standby mode, your scanner monitors weather
channels for SAME alerts for up to seven areas you
specify by entering the FIPS codes.
To program your scanner for SAME Standby mode:
1.
Press .
2. Press PGM to access the
FIPS code entry mode.
3.
Use  or  to select the
desired FIPS code storage
location.
4.
Use the number keys to
enter the FIPS code, then
press ENT to store the code.
5.
Repeat steps 3-4 for all the
FIPS codes that you wish to
store.
6.
Press to exit FIPS code entry mode. The scanner
displays F showing that FIPS codes are enabled.
7.
To initiate SAME Standby mode Press PSE to pause
the search. MAN appears. Then Press PRI/ALERT.
The scanner displays F [1-7] CH StAndby.
The scanner will monitor weather channels for alerts with
matching FIPS codes. To exit SAME Standby mode, press
PRI/ALERT again.
• Press L/O during step 4 to lock-out FIPS entries;
L/0
appears in the display. Press L/O again to enable FIPS
entries;
L/0
disappears.
• If you do not enter any FIPS codes, or if your FIPS codes
are locked out, when you enter SAME Standby mode
the scanner receives alerts and warning messages for
all receivable areas.
•
The scanner sounds an alert when it receives the SAME
code. To stop the alert and ready the scanner to receive
a new alert signal, press any key.
• If you do not stop the alert within ve minutes, the alert
stops and the scanner beeps every ten seconds. If the
scanner receives a new weather alert after ve minutes,
it sounds the new alert.
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